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I know that certain words in a title are written in lower case, but is there a cardinal rule or list to determine which words?

Lillian

A general rule would be to keep articles (a, an, the), small conjunctions (and, so...), and small prepositions (for, by, on, to...) lower case. That's not a complete list, and I don't think there's a definitive list, because sometimes a small word may be significant in the title and need to be capitalized.

Different styles are preferred by different publications, however. Some capitalize every word, and others only capitalize the first word and proper nouns.

If you're publishing for yourself, or for a publication or site that doesn't have a preferred style, use your best judgment. If you're uneasy about your choices, you wouldn't be wrong to capitalize every word.